Consumer trends
January 6, 2014
By Doug Stephens 2013 was another year of incredible change in the retail industry. From economics and demographics to media and technology, disruption came at retailers […]
March 11, 2013
By Doug Stephens For years my parents lived without air conditioning in their home or cars. That seems almost unbelievable today, but they did so because […]
February 5, 2013
By Doug Stephens Retail is dead! At least, that’s how Marc Andreessen sees it. The entrepreneur and tech investor was recently quoted saying that all physical […]
January 22, 2013
By Doug Stephens Our entire concept of retail is predicated on one very simple series of paradigms; manufacturers make things, that are parceled out in smaller […]
December 31, 2012
By Doug Stephens 2012 was an absolutely remarkable year in the retail industry. We saw the meteoric rise and cataclysmic fall of companies like Groupon. We […]